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Borough of Brentwood
Non-metropolitan district, Borough
High Street in Brentwood, the largest town in the borough
Brentwood shown within Essex
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East of England
Non-metropolitan county	Essex
Status	Non-metropolitan district, Borough
Admin HQ	Brentwood
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Brentwood Borough Council
• Leadership	Alternative - Sec. 31 (No overall control)
• MPs	Alex Burghart
Area
• Total	59.12 sq mi (153.12 km)
• Rank	165th (of 296)
Population
• Total	77,332
• Rank	282nd (of 296)
• Density	1,300/sq mi (510/km)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 88.5% White 5.1% Asian 3.1% Mixed 2.3% Black 1.1% other
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 56% Christianity 33.3% no religion 5.6% not stated 1.8% Hinduism 1.6% Islam 0.5% Sikhism 0.4% Judaism 0.4% % Buddhism 0.3% other
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	22UD (ONS) E07000068 (GSS)
OS grid reference	TQ595938

Brentwood Borough Council
Type
Type	Non-metropolitan district
Leadership
Mayor	Mark Haigh, Liberal Democrat since 22 May 2024
Leader	Barry Aspinell, Liberal Democrat since 17 May 2023
Chief Executive	Jonathan Stephenson since 2019
Structure
Seats	39
Political groups	Administration (20)   Liberal Democrats (17)   Labour (3) Opposition (19)   Conservatives (19)
Elections
Last election	2 May 2024
Next election	7 May 2026
Meeting place
Town Hall, Ingrave Road, Brentwood, CM15 8AY
Website
www.brentwood.gov.uk

The Borough of Brentwood is a local government district with borough status in Essex, England. The borough is named after its main town of Brentwood, where the council is based; it includes several villages and the surrounding rural area.

The neighbouring districts are Epping Forest, Chelmsford, Basildon, Thurrock and the London Borough of Havering.

History

The former Brentwood Urban District had been created in 1899. Urban districts were abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. A new non-metropolitan district was created on 1 April 1974 covering the whole of the former Brentwood Urban District plus parts of another two districts, which were all abolished at the same time:

• Brentwood Urban District
• Chelmsford Rural District (two parishes only, rest went to Chelmsford)
  • Ingatestone and Fryerning
  • Mountnessing
• Epping and Ongar Rural District (five parishes only, rest went to Epping Forest)
  • Blackmore
  • Doddinghurst
  • Kelvedon Hatch
  • Navestock
  • Stondon Massey

The new district was named Brentwood after its main town. The district was awarded borough status on 10 March 1993, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor.

Governance

Brentwood Borough Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Essex County Council. Parts of the borough are also covered by civil parishes, which form a third tier of local government.

Political control

The council went under no overall control at the 2023 Brentwood Borough Council election. A Liberal Democrat and Labour coalition subsequently formed an administration.

The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows:

Leadership

The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in Brentwood. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council. The leaders since 1991 have been:

Composition

Following the 2024 election, the composition of the council is:

The next election is due in May 2026.

Premises

The council is based at Brentwood Town Hall on Ingrave Road, which had been built in 1957 for the former Brentwood Urban District Council.

Elections

Since the last boundary changes in 2002, the council has comprised 37 councillors representing 15 wards; each ward elects one, two or three councillors. Elections are held three years out of every four, with roughly a third of the council being elected each time for a four-year term. In the fourth year of the cycle, when there are no elections for the borough council, elections for Essex County Council are held instead.

Geography

There are still large areas of woodland including Shenfield Common, Hartswood (named after its last private owner, a Mr. Hart), Weald Country Park, and Thorndon Country Park.

Transport

The main transport links run through the borough in a south-west to north-east direction, with other important links running west to east.

Railway

Railway stations at Shenfield and Ingatestone facilitate services along the Great Eastern Main Line to Colchester, Clacton, Ipswich and London Liverpool Street; these are operated by Greater Anglia.

Brentwood and Shenfield stations are served by Greater Anglia trains between Liverpool Street, Billericay, Southend Airport and Southend Victoria; some peak hour services run to Southminster. Elizabeth line stopping trains run between London Paddington, Brentwood and Shenfield; this route is operated by MTR.

Also within the borough is West Horndon station, on the London, Tilbury & Southend line; c2c provides direct trains to London Fenchurch Street, Basildon, Southend Central and Shoeburyness.

Roads

A major trunk road running through the borough is the A12 dual-carriageway, running from East London to Chelmsford, Colchester, the ports of Harwich and Felixstowe, Ipswich and Lowestoft. The old Roman road (A1023) passes through the centre of Brentwood and joins the A12, which by-passes the town. Within different parts of Brentwood, the A1023 is called (from west to east) Brook Street, London Road, High Street, Shenfield Road, and Chelmsford Road.

The other main road in the borough is the A127 Southend Arterial Road, which separates from the A12 near Romford and then proceeds easterly to Southend-on-Sea.

Media

The borough is served by a dedicated community radio stations, Phoenix FM.

Education

Secondary schools

• Anglo European School
• Brentwood County High School
• Brentwood School
• Brentwood Ursuline Convent School
• Becket Keys
• Shenfield High School
• St Martin's School

Primary schools

• Bentley St. Paul's Church of England School
• Blackmore Primary School
• Doddinghurst CofE Junior School
• Doddinghurst Infant School
• Hogarth Primary School
• Holly Trees Primary School
• Hutton All Saints Church of England Primary School
• Ingatestone and Fryerning Church of England Primary School
• Ingatestone Infant School
• Ingrave Johnstone Church of England Primary School
• Kelvedon Hatch Community Primary School
• Larchwood Primary School
• Long Ridings Primary School
• Mountnessing Church of England Primary School
• St. Helen's Catholic Infant School
• St. Helen's Catholic Junior School
• St. Joseph the Worker Roman Catholic Primary School
• St. Mary's Church of England Primary School
• St. Peter's Church of England Primary School
• St. Thomas of Canterbury Church of England Infant School
• St. Thomas of Canterbury Church of England Junior School
• Warley Primary School
• West Horndon Primary School
• Willowbrook Primary School (formerly Brookfield School)

Special schools

• The Endeavour School
• Grove House School

Civil parishes and settlements in the borough

There are nine civil parishes in the borough. The former Brentwood Urban District is an unparished area, directly administered by Brentwood Borough Council.

Twinning

Brentwood is twinned with Roth bei Nürnberg in Germany and Montbazon in France.

Arms

Coat of arms of Borough of Brentwood

Notes Originally granted to Brentwood Urban District Council on 1 August 1951. Crest On a wreath of the colours rising from the battlements of a tower Azure a demi stag Or. Escutcheon Per fesse rayonée Argent and Gules in chief a Cornish chough Proper between two pilgrim's staves erect Sable in base three ancient crowns two and one Or. Motto Ardens Fide (Burning Faith)

References

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2. "Introducing the new Mayor of Brentwood". Brentwood Borough Council. 1 June 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
3. Ferris, Mick (10 September 2019). "New CEO for Brentwood Council". Yellow Advertiser. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
4. "Your Councillors". Brentwood Borough Council. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
5. "Brentwood Urban District". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
6. "The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1972/2039, retrieved 31 May 2023
7. "The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1973/551, retrieved 31 May 2023
8. "Bulletin of Changes of Local Authority Status, Names and Areas 1 April 1992 – 31 March 1993" (PDF). Department of The Environment. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 December 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
9. "Local Government Act 1972", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1972 c. 70, retrieved 31 May 2023
10. Dedman, Simon (19 May 2023). "Brentwood Council: Lib Dems to run authority with Labour". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
11. "Compositions calculator". The Elections Centre. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
12. "Brentwood". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
13. "Lib Dems gain two seats from Tories in local election". Brentwood Weekly News. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
14. "Council minutes". Brentwood Borough Council. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
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16. Bettley, J.; Pevsner, N. (2007). The Buildings of England Series: Essex. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0300116144.
17. "The Borough of Brentwood (Electoral Changes) Order 2001", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2001/2441, retrieved 3 June 2023
18. ^ "Timetables". Greater Anglia. 21 May 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
19. "Elizabeth line timetables". Transport for London. 21 May 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
20. "Timetables". c2c. 21 May 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
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22. "Parish Council contact details". Brentwood Borough Council. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
23. "East of England Region". Civic Heraldry of England. Retrieved 8 March 2021.

v t e Ceremonial county of Essex
Unitary authorities	Southend-on-Sea Thurrock
Boroughs or districts	Basildon Braintree Brentwood Castle Point Chelmsford Colchester Epping Forest Harlow Maldon Rochford Tendring Uttlesford
Major settlements (cities in italics)	Aveley Basildon Billericay Braintree Brentwood Brightlingsea Buckhurst Hill Burnham-on-Crouch Canvey Island Chadwell St Mary Chelmsford Chigwell Chipping Ongar Clacton-on-Sea Coggeshall Colchester Corringham Dovercourt Epping Frinton-on-Sea Grays Great Dunmow Hadleigh Halstead Harlow Harwich Leigh-on-Sea Loughton Maldon Manningtree Pitsea Purfleet Rayleigh Rochford Saffron Walden Shoeburyness South Benfleet South Ockendon Southend-on-Sea South Woodham Ferrers Stanford-le-Hope Thaxted Thundersley Tilbury Waltham Abbey Walton-on-the-Naze West Mersea West Thurrock Wickford Witham Wivenhoe See also: List of civil parishes in Essex
Rivers	Blackwater Brain Cam Can Chelmer Ching Cobbins Brook Colne Crouch River Lea River Lee Flood Relief Channel Mardyke Pincey Brook Prittle Brook Roach Roding Roman Stort Stour Stour Brook Ter
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v t e Districts of the East of England
Bedfordshire	Bedford Central Bedfordshire Luton
Cambridgeshire	Cambridge East Cambridgeshire Fenland Huntingdonshire Peterborough South Cambridgeshire
Essex	Basildon Braintree Brentwood Castle Point Chelmsford Colchester Epping Forest Harlow Maldon Rochford Southend-on-Sea Tendring Thurrock Uttlesford
Hertfordshire	Broxbourne Dacorum East Hertfordshire Hertsmere North Hertfordshire St Albans Stevenage Three Rivers Watford Welwyn Hatfield
Norfolk	Breckland Broadland Great Yarmouth King's Lynn and West Norfolk North Norfolk Norwich South Norfolk
Suffolk	Babergh East Suffolk Ipswich Mid Suffolk West Suffolk

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